DURAN DURAN RIO OZ EMI TEST PRESSING SIMON LE BON NICK RHODES ANDY TAYLOR '82NM+
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DURAN DURAN - "RIO" TEST PRESSING
EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL AUSTRALIA VINYL LP TEST PRESSING 1982 IN ORIGINAL OUTER PAPER SLEEVE (WITH CENTRE CUT OUT / PEEP-HOLE) & THICK, QUALITY (80's) INNER PLASTIC SLEEVE ALL IN ORIG. OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVE - STORED LIKE THIS SINCE NEW.
NO COVER ISSUED.
MASTERED BY DON BARTLEY (DM)*, EMI STUDIOS 301.
THIS TEST PRESSING IS NOT LISTED ON DISCOGS WEBSITE.
VINYL IN ARCHIVAL CONDITION, HARD TO FIND ONE BETTER THAN THIS.
Track Listing
- A1 Rio 5:33 A2 My Own Way 4:48 A3 Lonely In Your Nightmare 3:48 A4 Hungry Like The Wolf 3:38 A5 Hold Back The Rain 3:57 B1 New Religion 5:28 B2 Last Chance On The Stairway 4:18 B3 Save A Prayer 5:32 B4 The Chauffeur 5:10
- PERSONNEL
- Duran Duran
- Simon Le Bon – lead vocals, vibraphone on "New Religion", ocarina on "The Chauffeur"
- Nick Rhodes – keyboards, synthesizers, marimba, sound effects, backing vocals on "Last Chance on the Stairway"
- John Taylor – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Andy Taylor – guitars, backing vocals
- Roger Taylor – drums, percussion
Guest musician
Andy Hamilton – tenor saxophone on "Rio"
- MATRIXES
- Runout (Side A hand etched): EMC 3411-A DB*
- Runout (Side B hand etched): EMC 3411- B DB*
- *(JOINED) DON BARTLEY
- Mastering engineer from Australia, formerly of EMI Studios 301. With vinyl releases, he characteristically hand-etched his initials in the deadwax; the initials are characteristically rounded.
CONDITION (SEE PICS.)
RECORD NEAR MINT to MINT, GLOSSY, LOOKS UNPLAYED, LIKE NEW, AS PRESSED
LABELS NEAR MINT, ALMOST LIKE NEW; VERY MINOR FOXING SPOT, SIDE 1; ORIG. HAND WRITTEN DETAILS WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY SOMEONE AT EMI AT THE TIME (1982)
INNER POLY LINER / SLEEVE ALMOST LIKE NEW
PAPER SLEEVE (SEE PICS. # 7 & 8) SEEN BETTER DAYS BUT HAS DONE SUPERB JOB IN PROTECTING THIS RECORD OVER THE YEARS; SOME FOXING SPOTS / MARKS (NO EFFECT ON RECORD WHATSOEVER, AS THERE WAS ALWAYS THE PLASTIC INNER SLEEVE BETWEEN IT & VINYL); MINOR CREASES / WEAR
ORIG. OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVE STILL IN VERY GOOD / USED CONDITION
SUPERB 1980's AUSTRALIA TEST PRESSING / ROCK / POP / NEW WAVE / SYNTH-POP / DURAN DURAN / SIMON LE BON / NICK RHODES / ANDY TAYLOR / JOHN TAYLOR / ROGER TAYLOR / ANDY HAMILTON / DON BARTLEY / EMI STUDIO / STUDIOS 301 / TEST PRESSING / VINYL / LP / RECORD / COLLECTABLE IN EXTREMELY NICE SHAPE AFTER 38 / THIRTY EIGHT YEARS
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POSTAGE : PADDED ENVELOPE PLUS PROTECTIVE PACKING.
OVERSEAS - INTERNATIONAL AIR EXPRESS INCL. SIGNATURE + INSURANCE
HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES.
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